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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Scyllaridae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 821013 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Petrarctus rugosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) |
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| Family: | 28 821 Scyllaridae (shovel-nosed and slipper lobsters) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | slipper lobster | |
| Common Names List: | hunchback locust lobster | |
| Organism Type: | a shovel-nosed or slipper lobster | |
| Synonyms: | Scyllarus rugosus | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 821915
Petrarctus spp. |
Identifiers: |
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| Record source: | Chan, T. Y., 1998. Lobsters. In: Carpenter, K. E. Niem, V. H., Editors, FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Vol. 2 -: 973-1043. F.A.O., Rome |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Holthuis, L.B., 2002. The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)., Zoosystema, Vol. 24(3): 499-683. |